For Colored Girls
Written for the screen, produced and directed by Tyler Perry, 'For Colored Girls' is based on the legendary Obie award-winning play by Ntozake Shange, 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf'.
The leading African-American filmmaker, whose films routinely top the US box office, Tyler Perry delivers this reverent screen adaptation - a poetic exploration of what it is to be of colour and female in this world.
The story, a milestone in American Theatre, speaks as powerfully today as when it was first performed in New York in 1975. Perry's film explores themes of existence and hardship from the perspective of 20 black women.
Tackling subjects such as love, abandonment, rape and abortion, the film's outstanding ensemble cast deliver memorably visceral and intense performances.
Starring: Janet Jackson, Thandie Newton, Kerry Washington, Whoopi Goldberg, Macy Gray
Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls is released December 10th.